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Fig. 3.12 Distribution of farmholds making dedications to Kasama Inari by municipality
Azumamura and Shimodate City include ko , and some of the dedicators were
also members of a ko. In many other areas, ko were rare and no particular relation-
ship existed between the formation of a ko and farm households wishing to make
dedications.
The distribution of farm households making dedications to Kasama Inari as the
ratio of 1,000 farm households per municipality is shown in Fig. 3.12 . Municipalities
with a higher ratio of dedicators to farm households occurred along the coast of
Kasumiagura (Sakuragawamura: 86, Kitauramura: 75, Azumamura: 75, and
Mihomura: 43), and from the west of Ibaraki to the east of Tochigi (Sakaimachi: 59,
Shimodate: 49, and Ninomiyamachi: 49).